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Libft ''to- Guns Posted on
Mount Lo.vlchen Ger-
T$ans.Foi;lifyPola.
, HOME, Oct. 2.
According to iv Urlndlsl dispatch to the
Corrlcro dclla SVrn',' the Anglo-French
fleet lu the AdUntlY has opened an at
tack on I'ola, Austria's, great naval base.
The dispatch iJays that the French guns
mounted op Mpunt Lovtchen are bom
barding tho Cattaro forts, and that there
Is no furthcr-'need of the Allies' fleet oft
Cattaro. ..' "
Recent dispatches havo stated that tho
entire Austrian. Ilct had concentrated
nt I'ola'.'Hnlc'h" Is the headquarters of the
Austrian Admiralty and Is strongly
fortified: ' - "
Triree-' 'hundred thbusand troops havo
been assornblud there within the last six
weeks to assist Admiral von Ohmel
mtirseMn defending tho port.
Ajj Australian officer wrote tho follow;
lng confidential letter to a friend in
Venice, which has been published by t'.io
Nupv.o.Corrlpre, of Ancona:
"Germany recently sent 61 mortars to
Pola for the defense of that port Theso
guns, along with numerous others, nil
modern, havo been mounted on tho forts
around thifMjiy which are surrounded
by thlclf barbed wlro entanglements
thriousCi"SVhlch'a' strong electric current
will bo 'passed. A large area of the sea
has been, elaborately mined.
Thefc- are about 160,000 men concen
trated at Tola, mostly artillery, and food
Is getting so scarce that broad now
costs" 3) cents a pound. Nearly all tho
Italians have been ordered to leave the
fortified zono. The entire Austrian fleet
Is concentrated at Pola with steam up
and cleared- for action. Every morning
tho ships steam out of the canal and
crtrlse outside within territorial waters
safely. un"de the protection of tho forts.
''T'.JtJ Serrtans. and the Montenegrins
have dnflicTeiV heavy losses In all tho
trcccnt encasements against the Austrl
'ans. While the .Russians light openly
Atnd follow the recognized rules of war
tho Servians are continually ambuscad
ing small detachments of Austrinns scat
tered over tho hills. They seem to come
out from nowhere with lightning rapid
ity". Iihd after furiously attacking t.ie
encmj they disappear. It Is not possible
to knbw .where, they come from, how
mnnyi there are and! when to expect
them '
KAISER MUST BEND KNEE,
TOKIO NEWSPAPER SAYS
Suppliant Germany First Pence Re
quisite, It Declares.
. ;! : .;;: ,. tokio. cm. :.
Tho Tokio- Asnhl nnys today:
"Pcce (n.,IJiirorie, is by.no means In
lght K !.-the national habit of tho
English lo wlgh carefully their attltudo
before- they take a- derided step. Once
deterrillneil however, thoy do not rest
until their object Is accomplished. It Is.
therefore, logical to presume that Kng
land will not lay down the sword until
she has thoroughly humbled flermany
niul rooted out the cause of disturbance
of peace In Kurope.
"The French people are not this time
handicapped by such domestic trouble aa
they .experienced under Napoleon ill,
and are strongly Nicked by Kngland,
Russia nnd Belgium. Ah to Itussln. his
tory gives us no warrant that she will
over sue for peace: she vanquished even
such a mighty foe aa Napoleon.
"Tho rjermitn army has already occu
pied a large part of Belgium and Invaded
I ranee. However powerful tho llusslnn
army might prove to be. It will take many
months before they strike at Berlin.
"T'Viikia tin tViA rnnEnr.o flirt, lan4 ,,u ,s.
bellovo that peace Is yet far away. It Is !
ldlo o talk of 'peace until Rurope feels ;
neslired that' such a disturber of peaco j
us the Kaiser is has been niado powerless ,
to (Utempt tho renewal of the bloody con
flict after a truce of it fw years."
S iOO ALBANIANS KILLED
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. I.-Ono hundred I
Albanians wern killed and many wounded
when a hand of 'JOOO Albanians, after nt- '
tacking a force of Kplrotc troops near I
Tepelenl, were forced to retreat. The
Kpiroto loss was .about If killed. Tepclenl
Is in Albania on 'tho Vojulaa River. j
ROMANCE, COMEDY,
FROM TJIE
"One of our men holding hli water bottle
to a wounded German was shot dead close
to Mons on Sunday," a HritlBh corporal
writes. "Another stopped under fire to
tight a cigarette, hun a bullet struck
him on the fingers, and one hand will have
to come off.
"Most of the Germans we capturo aro
famished, not having seen food, except
what 'they could steal, for days. They
teem .surprised when we share rations
wttlt Jthom. Their woundod horses are
killed off and eaten us quickly as possi
ble." A private In the. British army has writ
ten to hl mother In County Monnghan,
Ireland, as follows:
"Some of our finest lads are now sleep
ing their last !oep in llnlgtum, but,
mother, dear, you can take your son's
word for 11 that for every' son of Ire
land who will never come baok there are
at least three -Germans who will never
bo heard of aguln.
"Before leatlng BAlglvim we arranged
with a prieiil to have Mas-sps aid for tho
souls of our dead chums, and we craped
together what odd money we had. but his
revrenc' wouldn't hear of It, taking our
inonei lor prayers for the relief of the
brave lads who had died io far from the
OH I,and to rid Belgian soil of the un
mannerly Germans.
"H-'nie of the Germans don't understand
whJ Irishmen ahculd tight o hard for
l'nqland, but that Jufct showu how little
they krlaw about us."
A suggestion was made by a British
ottleer to a captive German that media
tion bs p robs We wltnin a month, and
the prisoner replied:
"if it no good talking to us about media
tion, till we've occupied Paris and St.
Petersburg-. Then we might llten to you.
WO are bitter igiaM England, and do
rot bollew Great Britain U Mafeting Prus
sian militarism'- rather than the German
people.
"(Jermarj think Kiglaad wants tp
crust Cermaay. and they wiU "H aF"t
to the last ditch rath.-.- than submit "
r?"'igh it f' slid that ortllUry frtjht-e-
r-'re f.n tt '. ' it must be remem.
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First Chief Gets Ovation
From Delegates to Confer
ence Now in Session at
Capital.
By ARTHUR CONSTANTINE
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2,-Tho, second
session of the preliminary conference of
Constitutionalist Generals to prepare for
tho national "peace convention" was held
hero today. The gonernl "peace confer
ence" probably will open In Aguacal
Icntcs on October 10 Instead of lu this
city.
The event of principal Importance
scheduled for today was tho report of
l'"lrst Chief Venustlano Carranza on the
triumph of the Constitutionalist cause.
It now seems certain that the present
scries of conferences will bo extended,
although there nro differences of opinion
op this score. Tho conferences now tak
ing placo will probably supersede the
meeting which had been called for Mon
day. Tho session today, like that of yester
day, was hold In tho hall of the Chamber
of Deputies, with Luis Cabrera presid
ing. The only business that had been
conducted at tho first session was tho
presentation of credentials. General Car
Kinza was given enthusiastic greeting and
he predicted "that all .loyal and patriotic
Mexicans would soon bo In accord."
General Obrcgon, General Snachez and
Roberto Pesqulora, who had been ap
pointed a Committee of Three to ar
range for a national "peace convention,"
In uccordanco with tho Guadalopo agree
ment, were In conference until early to
day. It Is announced by the Government that
HO out of the 91 generals in the Constitu
tionalist army are here for tho meetings
which are being held.
General Obregon, whose return from
Zncatecos was unexpected, spoke In tho
most optimistic vein as to tho future of
Mexico.
Reports of activity on tho part of do
Inched bands of Vlllalstas In Durango
have caused trepidation at the AVar
Office, where. It was announced that tho
ndherents of General Carrnnza are doing
everything expected of them to uphold
the recent armistice.
BRITISH NAVAL GUNS
SHELL GERMAN LINES
Long: Range Artillery Decisive Fac
tor Along Alsne, Is Report.
PARIS, Oct. 2.
It was learned today that the French
and British artillery now In action has
been augmented by big naval guns of
tho typo that proved so effoctlvo with
the British In South Africa. These guns
have been sent to tho forces operating
In the triangle of the Olse and the Alsno
and to those north of the Sommo cn
gagod In driving the Germans from their
strongly entrenched positions. Others
havo been rushed to tho army operating
in tho Woevre region.
Tho complaint heretofore has been that
In the entrenched positions the German
artillery had the longer range and that
the shells of the Allies fell short. This
has been remedied nnd the uninterrupted
series of successes that have marked all
of the operations of this week entirely
Is duo to tho uld given by tho naval
guns, which, it Is stated, aro manned by
their own gunners.
R0YE HEIGHTS REPORTED
CAPTURED BY GERMANS
French Attacks From Toul Also Re
ported Repulsed.
LONDON. Oct. 2.
A Berlin dispatch to the Reuter Tele
gram Company by way of Amsterdam
says:
"Official headquarters this evening an
nounces that the heights of Roye and
Fresnoy-le-Orand, northwest of Noyon,
were tnken September SO. South of St.
Mihlcl, the announcement continues,
Kronen attacks from Toul were repulsed
Thursday with tevere losses to the
Krench. The attack on Antwerp con
tinues successfully. The situation In the
Knutern war theatre remains un
changed." TRAGEDY
GREAT WAR DRAMA
ords are always made of patients who un
dergo hospital treatment.
Thus It Is prob.iblo that the artillery
are not given full credit for the actual
havoc thoy have wrought, although every
one agrees us to the damago the guns
have to the nerves of the combatants. But
there can be little doubt that the de
structive effect of modern quick-firing'
tleld artillery Is very great: and this is
proved by the ever-increasing desire to
render troops and entrenchments as In
visible as possible. This fact alone speaks
volumes as to the eflleacy and deadlines
of modern field artillery.
A private, writing' home to Kngland.
says:
"Regarding what has been said about
tho German blue-gray uniform being bet
ter than our khaki, I for one don't thlnh
so. The German uniform stands out
black at 300 yards or so. Our khaki is
virtually invisible. The German soldiers
fire from their hips nnd their bullets go
high. Tholr artillery fire Is more accu
rate because of the aeroplanes."
The bitterness of the Polish peasants
toward the Germans In Russian Poland,
the London Dally Telegraph's Petro
grad correspondent says, grows hourly
more pronounced, a bitterness that re
ceived fresh Impetus through recent ex
amples of grim humor on the part of
the Germans.
Along the line of the German opera
tions thLs example of humor took the
form of a pretense by the Germans to
pay for all supplies with slips of paper
upon which were written In German
script so the enraged Polish peasants
learned through Interpreters "Who
ever presents this at the end of the war
will be hangid."
The report that the Austrian troops
who have been opposing the Russians
are short of aupplles and that the men
often go hungry Is confirmed by the
statement of a doctor who attended a
wounded Austrian ottleer after the bat
tle of Opole.
The Immediate amputation of one of
officer's legs was necessary. Whin
tils Information waa conveyed to htoi
by V surgeons, the officer said:
'AH rl&ht; but nrirt give me some
food. '
The food waa furnished and the officer
ENGLAND GUARDS AGAINST ZEPPELINS
Huge searchlights have been elevated in Hyde Park, London, waiere they sweep the sky in search of German aircraft,
DNWRITW PLEDGE
TOJiUARD AMERICAN
GOODS ON HIGH SEAS
Informal Agreement With
Great Britain Concerning
Contraband Cargoes Soon
May Be Reached.
WASHINGTON, Oct. J.
State Department officials today de
clared emphatically thnt tho stage of dip
lomatic negotiations with Great Britain
over seizure of contraband and condi
tional contraband of war had not yet
reached that of formal protests.
Signing of. a formal agreement between
the two nations Is not In contemplation,
even In tho future. It was stated. In
stead, some sore of a "gentlemen's agree
ment" a mutual understanding soon will
be reached, It Is expected.
Damage claims of Americans whoso car
goes have boon destroyed In British ves
sels eunk by German warships, notably
off the South American coasts,
will ba
It waa
urged by the State Department,
learned today.
Negotiations here botweon British Am
bassador Spring-Rico and State Depart
ment heads and at London between Sir
Edward Groy and Ambassador Pago are
proceeding.
Administration officials believe the
principal contention of this Government
for unrestricted shipment of foodstuffs
agreed to by Great Britain, leaves but
minor details unsettled.
DUTCH BITTERLY RESENT
BRITISH SEA HOLD-UP
Searching of Neutral Ships Stirs
People of Holland.
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 1.
There is growing bitterness throughout
Holland Against England because of Its
Interference with Dutch shipping ind
holding up of cargoes of foodstuffs and
needed supplies, such as copper. This
feeling Is not pro-German, but antl
British. Although It Is reported that
nn arrangement has been made between
England, the United States and Holland
whereby foodstuffs are no longer to be
held up, Hollanders generally resent tho
concessions their Government was com
pelled to make, and especially the fact
that they wore compelled to place them
selves under obligation to England In
order to prevent a complete p:iralysls of
the Dutch trade.
All of the facts of the holding up of
the Holland-American liners en route
from Now York to Philadelphia are be
coming known here only now, Tho Dutch
national pride has been badly hurt by
learning that when a British commander
took possession of the Noordam and took
that vessel into Queenstown harbor he
ordered tho captain down from his own
bridge.
Even Englishmen here declare that this
was a "conspicuous example of disregard
of ethics and tactlessness." There Is
much wonder here as to what will be
the result when similar tactics are fol
lowed by British warship commanders
toward American merchantmen who are
to be put Into ths service between here
and New York.
WOUNDED TURC0S CRAWL
TO COTS TO KILL GERMANS
Hospital Guards Required to Curb
Warlike Africans.
PAJUS. Oct. t.
The French Red Cross has found it
necessary to establish special guards In
hospitals where both Germans and sol
diers of ths allied army are being treated.
Attaches of military hospitals In south
western Franca are finding It a harrow
ing task to protect wounded German prls
oners from African troops. Wounded
Senegalese require constant watching
nicht and day. Although all tholr weap
ons have been taken away from them
the Turcos creep from their cots when
ever they get an opportunity and attack
wounded Germana.
A number of Germans have been found
strangled In tho morning and the
French Red Cross nurses wtre at a loss
to account for the death until wounded
Turcos were caught in the act of kilt
ing wounded Germans at night
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
FLEES FRONT IN DISGUST
"War Correspondent Deserts French
Battlefield for Peaceful He-w York.
PARIS, Oct t
Richard Harding Davis, an American
war correspondent, who had mora ad
ventures than any other correspondent In
the Held, baa started for London on his
way noma. Before leavtujr. he said:
"No more front for me. X have been
Treated and locke4 up and heaven k&ow
TOO FAT TO FIGHT, CARUSO
MAY BE DRAFTED AS COOK
Skillet Instead of Rifle for Tenor,
Says "Little Irentlni."
Some itnglng men may faro tho gat,
Hut thrro Is one who wilt not do to;
Though Italy nRhts, he Is too fat.
To join the charge tho great Caruso.
NEW YORK, OctT2. Emma Trentlnl,
opera singer, who arrived from Italy
yesterday on tho Tomaso DI Savola, was
positive Italy would be V war by Octo
ber 16. Army ofllcers gavo her the In
formation, she said,
In Milan she snw Gattl-Coaazza, di
rector of tho Metropolitan Opera House,
nnd he told her he did not think It would
bo possible to give opera In New York
this senBon.
"Caruso Is the only Italian singer who
won't havo to fight," said MIIo. Trentlnl.
"He Is too fat nnd thoy will malto him a
cook. All the other Italian singers will
go to war and help get back what Aus
tria stole from Italy."
"OLD GLORY" RIPPED
BY GERMAK SHELLS
FIRED INTO RHEIMS
Bombardment of French
Town Continues for Six
teenth Day U. S. Con
sulate Damaged.
RHEIMS, France, Oct 2.
For 18 days this city has been under
a continuous German flro. As I write
this dispatch huge shells, weighing 21
pounds each, are whistling through the
air and exploding with terrific crashes
all over the city, wrecking buildings In
every quarter. The fire is not now di
rected against tho wrecked cathedral of
Notre Dame, although during Monday
night four shells fell through tho shat
tered roof and exploded harmlessly In
the ruined Intorlor. Thoy did not affect
the staunch old walls.
At midnight wero heard a fierce artil
lery duel in action between German and
French guns.' About 4 o'clock this morn
ing its Intensity Increused. That Is
about the hour which tho French think
Is tho most favorable to storm the Ger
man batteries, and from what I havo
soen of tho French troops 1 nm con
vinced that they can sweep all before
them. I know tho troops I have seen
here could do It
The United Stutos Consul, William Bar
del, left the city today for Troyes, after
a month here, which was filled with
hairbreadth escapes. Ills homo was half
wrecked by shells and his writing desk
In his library punctured with lead. The
windows of the house aro smashed and
the American flag. Hying from tho bal
cony, Is ripped and gashed by the with
ering fire.
Tho Home of the American Vice Consul
has been destroyed.
When the Germans first bombarded
Rhelms on September 4, Consul Bardel
appealed to them to spare the city, but
he pleadnd In vain. Here In Mr. Bardel's
own account of the bombardment:
"The German army was at Brimont
when a second army from Epeniay sud
denly entered the city. The commander
of the second army was talking to the
Mayor and members of the Municipal
Council upon the steps of the town hall,
arranging the terms of occupation, when
the first Gorman army opened flro with
Its artillery and poured ISO shells Into the
city upon Us own troops. The com
mander of the second army, suspecting a
French trap, threatened to shoot the
Mayor and all the members of the
Municipal Council, but subsequently dis
covered that they were German shells.
Then he dlspntahed a courier in an au
tomobile to the first army, ordering It to
cease firing, which It did at once."
Fifty Burled in Mine Cave-in
WEBB CITY, Mo., Oct. 2. The Ameri
can mine here caved In last night. Fifty
men wera burled beneath the debris. It
U believed all were killed.
WASHINGTON. Oct 1-Orders to dis
patch a mine rescue car and crow to
Webb City with all possible hasto were
sent last night to the Pittsburgh sta
tion of the Bureau of Mines by G. S.
Pope, chief of the Coal Inspection Bureau.
October Outings
Mountain and Seashore
THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS
Autumn Leaf Excursion
MAUCH CHUNK
& SWITCHBACK
Special Train Ite
Uea
eaaia
Terminal
2so
BOl
NEW RUSSIAN GUNS
SILENCE WITH EASE
KAISER'S ARTILLERY
Ten Minutes' Pounding by
Improved' Type Cannon
Destroy Germans' Vaunted
Batteries on River Niemen.
PETROGUAD, Oct. 1.
The great German guns which aro now
making their dimcult way over the
marshes to tho north and south of Su
walkl have met their match.
During tho fight on tho River Niemen
there appeared for the first time a now
pattern Russian gun of largo calibre
and considerable mobility. Naturally
no details nro Issued concerning its
construction and principal features,
but It Is the product of tho famous
Putlloff 'works. Artillery experts who
watched its performance are satisfied
it Is equal In power and elTect to any
thing tho Germans havo yet shown.
On the Prusslnn frontier two of
these new guns silenced the Gormnn
batteries within ten minutes, and tho
German guns wero abandoned In tholr
positions. Every gunner had been
killed.
A large quantity of German stores
and transports have beon abandoned on
account of tho state of the roads. Tho
Invasion has been, In short, a disaster.
It ha3 failed at every point. Even as
a rcconnolsanco It can havo produced
nothing of tho smallest value to Ger
many. There is.no part of Russia which the
Germans hold In any force or in which
they are not attacked and losing
ground.
German raids have served, at any
rate, one purpose. Thoy have availed
to show tho publlo that tho great con
centration and much vnunted prepara
tions of the Germana were matched by
those oB General Rennonkampf tho
man who works In the dark. Ho has had
to hold a frontier of great length, from
the Bajltlc almost to ICnlltra, against
these experimental Invasions, nnd at
the same time ho haa had to bo ready
for a real German advance which was
believed to be immonent
Of Rennenkampfa strength, his dis
positions nnd his equipment nothing Is
made known. Ho haa drawn a censor
ship nround him like a mantle, but it
Is evident that, ho was not only ready,
but alertly and brilliantly propared for
all eventualities.
Russian refugees who have been at
l.,t TTlf f.rt try ilmMirt frnm flApmnMv
have begun to arrive hore. Thoy soy
that In German cities the publlo are
now aware that things aro no longer
going well. Pollco restrictions on tho
publication of news throughout Ger
many have been doubled, and many
newspapers havo been Mippressed. Even
comment of any unacceptable quality
Is punished under martial law, with
Imprisonment of one year.
TAUBES FLY TOWARD PARIS
French Pursue Crnft to Refuge In
German Xines.
PARIS, Oct 2. It is offlolally announced
that two Taubo aeroplanes flew over
Complegne In the direction of Paris at
T o'clock this morning.
A single French aeroplane ascended and
started In pursuit of tho two German
machines, whereupon the latter Instantly
turned about and fled behind the German
lines.
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man, Oct. 2.
Tho capture of Vlnrenltza. northeast
of Sarajevo, waa announced by tho
Servian War Ofllco today. This has
forced the Austrian army to retreat from
Krupant to Sarajevo to escape being
caught between two fires.
Another attempt by .tho Austrians to
cross tho Save has been repulsed.
It Is officially stated that an Inquiry
among Austrian prisoners shows CO
sharp shooters In each company havo
been provided with high explosive bul
lets, with Instructions to use them spar
ingly and In daylight only.
It Is announced that the main Austrian
nrmy In Bosnia Is now penned behind
the fortifications of Sarajevo. Because
of the very strong fortifications thcro
tho Servian General Staff has directed
thnt no attempt hn mado to take the
capital by storm. Tho combined Servian
Montenegrin army, however, continues
lis general occupancy not only of Bos
nia, but nlso of Herzegovina nnd aro
being wolcomed at every place by the
natives.
The Servian troops holding Semlin
havo repulsed a number of attempts by
the Austrians to retake the city.
NATIONAL AIR MASKED
GERMAN SHIPS' FLIGHT
Musical Eubo Allowed Goeben and
Brcslau to Escape From British.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-A recent Issue of
tho Stockholm Dagblad tells of tho escape
of the derman cruisers Goeben and Bre3
lau from a squadron of British battleships
and cruisers In tho Mediterranean. The
full account was obtained from a Swedish
traveler, Just returned from Sicily. He
says:
"The two German cruisers had en
tered Jlesslnn, whero Gorman steam
ships gavo them an nbundanco of coal
and supplies. They were provisioned
while the British warships outside tho
harbor prepared to capturo them. Four
British warships lay off tho heights of
Capo Faro to the north, while two others
were on the lookout oft Regglo to tho
south.
"Al! day the Goeben and tho Brcslau
remilned fiulet, but when night fell tho
two captains decided on a sortie. It
va- rapture, or the loss of both vessels
If thoy did not succeed.
"A dark night favored them. Thoy
decided to slip out of the strait while
tho bands of both cruisers were left be
hind lustily playing 'Din Wacht am
Itheln.' The bands were plneod aboard
n chartered tug and tho familiar strains
of the German air soon reached the ears
of the British sailors, who wero expect
ing some kind of n night surprise. Tn
their astonishment the sounds became
louder and louder, presaging the rapid
approach of tho hostile ships.
"The ships south of Jlosslna closed In
for battle, blocking tho paspago through
the Strait. They brought their search
lights Into play and scanned tho waters
In vnln of German cruisers. Instend thoy
saw nn Itallun gatu night with launches
and sallboatB following a tug which was
omitting Oernian music.
"Tho situation seemed to dawn on the
BrltUh officers, but It wns too late. The
Goeben nnd Brefllnu wero alrcndv well
out of tho Strait. After leaving port
they hnd turned about In tho dark nnd
tauen a northerly course. They threaded
the dangerous channels of the Sicilian
coast safely, nnd passed unseen so near
tho British idilps that voices hiving orders
nnd the. churning engines could ho dis
tinctly heard."
BLUECOAT IJKES NEUTRAMTV
Arrests Socialist Speaker for Cham
pioning' Cause of Germany.
N15W YORK, Oct 2. Policeman O'Con
nor tried to enforce President Wilson's
neutallty proclamation by nrrchtlni,'
Henry Kngel, a Socialist speakrr. In Madi
son Square, to prevont him from cham
pioning the cause of Germany, but Mng
lstrato Applfton discharged tho prisoner,
declaring ho had tho right of free speerh.
Kngel was advised to keep the Presi
dent's warning In mind.
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Northern Towns Desolated
by Merciless Guns Air
craft Eludes the German
1 1
Marksmen Above Ter-
monde.
I
GHENT, Oct. 1.
Town afler town In northern Belgium, J
many of them dating back for centuries,
aro being destroyed by fierce artll erji
duels between Gorman nnd Belgian g ma
Fighting Is going on between Bold
and German soldiers over a lino
sixty miles long, stretching from
to Mechlin, to Tcrmonde, tr Alost
tlicnco In the direction of Weareghen
Each side has lis heaviest artillerl
action, and tho destruction from tl
mighty guns Is dreadful. By the
fighting comes to an end northern
glum will bo a blackened waste.
Refugees from tho cast sa that
tnuntier from tho great uorman rl
bombarding tho forts south of AnU
Is Incessant. They doclaro that the Cfl
man general has demanded the surrenl
of Korts Wnclhem nnd Wavro Ste, Cal
crlne, hut that tho Belgian reply nl
merely to redoublo the violence of til
cannonade.
One correspondent who mado nn exnj
slon over a conslderablo portion of
territory over which fighting Is rag
writes as follows;
"I got In touch with tho right
of tho Belgian army, which at that
was lying south of tho Scheldt
Notwithstanding tho great Intorvel
dlstnnco, I could hear the guna boon
on the loft like tho low growl of dlstj
thunder. Tho centre waa being vlgorq
ly shelled with Bhrnpnel. From my pq
of observation I could boo the shl
bursting over tho trenches on the roj
road to Mechlin.
"One would havo thought that ovel
thing Inflammable In Termondo wo
havo beon reduced to ashes after the lJ
bombardment of tho placo by Gorman j
Belglnn artillery, both of which set
city on flro In many places, but as I
proached I could sco huge clouds of bL
smoke rolling upward. This came frl
manufacturing buildings In tho centre
tho city, which had miraculously escar
Near Ghent, along toward sunset!
was favored with an unusual sped
A
iioigian aeroplane, high In tho
was
wheeling above tho smoke arlsB
from Tcrmonde. It was being shelled!
Gorman guns. We saw two shrnr
burst, throwing out puffs of dirty yoli
smoico that hung in tho still air for
minutes In prominent relief against
pale, blue evening sky. Even from
distance we snw tho tiny craft rollln
tho nlr swell caused by the bursting!
tho shells. The aeroplane rose swlfl
and then vanished.
'Tho Belgian soldiers In tho trenca
along tho Scheldt gavo a cheer as
little craft disappeared."
Despite the fact that 33.000 residents!
Alost evacuated tho city In order to s;J
it from destruction, It has been set !
flro by the Germnn shells.
Y. M. C. A. Men Form Club
Young men living In the West Branl
Y. at. U. A., at a get-together meet!!
Inst night, organized n Dormitory Cli
rts purposo Is to promote acqualntan
ship and good-fellowslilp among the m
j no men was mar. or i-rank uctty. n
motor of servlco nt tho Branch, and R.
ert Strandrr, tho house manager Oftlc
elected were: President. J. S. Winch'
hnuRh; vico president. Pharles S' HI
zog; secretary nnd treasurer. Earl EH
burn.
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